Open source alternatives to Universal Control
One project on starwire does the same job. Ranked by how much of what Universal Control does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.
What Universal Control does
- One keyboard and mouse across devicescore
- Move the cursor between screenscore
- Drag and drop files between devices
- Shared clipboard
- Automatic setup for nearby devices
Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this
| Project | Covers | Stars | Commits, 12 weeks | Last release | Closed vs opened | Setup | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TwinDeskShares mouse, keyboard, clipboard and files across Mac, Windows, Linux and Android |
Replaces it93% | 4.1k+326 | 5 days ago | 81% | Install like an app | GPL-3.0 | |
Covers all 2 core jobs. Partly: Automatic setup for nearby devices.See the evidence
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